Home Office

Refugees: Children

Lord Roberts of Llandudno: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish immediately a report outlining the care received in France by those under the age of 18 who are applying for admission to the UK.

Baroness Williams of Trafford: The UK supported the French authorities in the operation to clear the Calais camp and safely move the minors from the camp to specialist alternative accommodation across France. However the provision of care to migrants in France is the responsibility of the French Government.

Home Office: Reviews

Lord Kennedy of Southwark: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many reviews have been announced in Parliament by the Home Office in the last six years; how many have been completed; how many are still ongoing; and what is the timescale for completion of those reviews still ongoing.

Baroness Williams of Trafford: All announcements by Ministers in my Department are placed in the Parliamentary records.Accounts of progress are given within the normal course of Parliamentary business.

Department for Education

English Baccalaureate

Lord Lexden: To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to announce the results of their consultation on the English Baccalaureate which closed in January.

Lord Nash: We will publish the Government response to the consultation on the implementation of the English Baccalaureate policy in due course.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Religious Freedom

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about the recent attacks on the Ahmadi mosque in Chakwal, and on the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Raburah; and about the arrest of Ahmadis in these incidents.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns: The UK Government is aware of reports of the raid on an Ahmadiyya Muslim office in Rabwah on 5 December and condemns the attack on the Ahmadiyya mosque in Chakwal on 12 December. The Government strongly condemns the persecution of all minorities, including the targeting of people based on their beliefs. Our concerns are reflected in the latest update to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual human rights report.We regularly raise our concerns about the protection of minority communities, including religious minorities, with the Government of Pakistan. During his visit to Pakistan in November 2016, the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), raised religious tolerance and the importance of safeguarding the rights of all Pakistan's citizens. During his visit to Pakistan in January 2017, the Minister for Asia and the Pacific, my Hon. Friend the Member for Reading West (Mr Sharma), raised the protection of minorities, including the Ahmadiyya, with Kamran Michael, Pakistani Minister for Human Rights, and Barrister Zafarullah Khan, the Prime Minister's Special Assistant for Human Rights. The Government continues to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to religious minorities, and to uphold the rule of law.

Department for Exiting the European Union

UK Trade with EU

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of what tariffs would be paid by EU exporters on their trade with the UK, and what tariffs would be paid by UK exporters on their trade with the EU single market, if World Trade Organisation tariffs start to apply to UK trade with the EU single market.

Lord Bridges of Headley: If the UK were to leave the EU without alternative trading arrangements in place, WTO rules would require that trade between the UK and the EU would be subject to Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) treatment for goods and services.